Lack Of Life Preservers, Bad Weather Cited In Crash

OTHER NEWS TO NOTE - SOUTH

April 8, 1993

HURLBURT FIELD, FLA. — The crew of an Air Force helicopter that crashed in Utah's Great Salt Lake, killing 12, wasn't warned that Army choppers on the same mission had turned back because of bad weather, investigators said. Also, no passengers wore life preservers although they are required for over-water flights, said a report released Tuesday at Hurlburt Field, headquarters of the Air Force Special Operations Command.